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  1. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    Beside the restauration job was our hunt for the NP205 in Europe finally sucessful We picked it up personally yesterday in NL next will be to open and rebuild it as all we know it is used and like all used it shall have less miles 😂 We was a long time not sure if we stay with the 208 or...
  2. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    "smooth as an android butt" 🥳 so i have allow of my wife to go on 💪 she is working still on the box - a new tailgate with chevrolet on it => Chevrolet Tailgate Costs to our door around 1000 Euro We thought of this in the past as the original have working traces, but we descide against as...
  3. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    My wife asked me how much brakefluid to order... so i took the TM to see how much and found following statement: "Use new DOT 5.0 Brakefluid from a sealed can as much as required" 😂 During disassembling i doesnt measured the saved old fluid, just filled in a can for Diposal as i expected the...
  4. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    Going on with refill the Axle-Diffs - found them without leaks after rebuild ;) 👍, complete the Brakelines and finally prepare the box before paint again the cab use some little helper to fill up My wife had a lot of endurance in prepare the parts for paint. The box is hard to clean up as...
  5. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    If my wife said she was shopping ..... 😇 :love:
  6. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    I have no reason to complain as my work just painting. My wife done the complete prepare with grinding. She was also not satisfy with her grinding as she think the result could be better if she had use finer wet sandpaper. Also a reason for her to do the complete job again, otherwise we had just...
  7. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    What to do if the wife is not satisfied with the result? - You do it again! After I applied a matte clear coat as a fade protection, I unfortunately done this during it was to hot. So i have a bit clouding on the surface. Most of them behind the bench, the other on the lower dashboard, so...
  8. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    Wow just a small plastic part - seems the trainees in our company got a new job to train their skills in prepare a Metalpart 🥳 😅 they will hate me by such a lot of measurements with it A sandwhich and a coffee will change their mind. It make more fun to train skills on things you need as just on...
  9. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    About the new transmission was there also toughts to move the shifting to the floor. A short shifter with benchseat will need to improve some gymnastic to shift and a "cooking stick" for shifting is ugly We think we stay with the column shifter Checking this weekend show the usual aging of a...
  10. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    Just saved by order the sticker for the maincylinder if we not want change and use DOT5.0 DOT5 Sticker of course also cleaned the cover with the engraved info
  11. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    Used the weekend to going on with Brake and steering gear the old maincylinder said it was DOT 5.0 silicone brake fluid, didnt expect that :) as the complete system is new, we could use any DOT Specification we want now
  12. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    Another surprise gift from our Truck to us... During reassembly the Brakesystem does I notice that we miss the gage setting No 9. After controll the pictures we made before disassembly could i see that i not lost it, it was never in :unsure: Just ordered replacement part as it is...
  13. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    No it will be a new P400 It is up on the engineconfiguration with transmission and transfercase on our demands. We are not used to have so much choices :) we found our toyshop for adults. Sure you find all also online but we are not sure about compatibility. Thats why we let do this from an...
  14. PHOENIX-GER

    Rebuilding after 15 years of storage

    Today we brought the old engine to the enginebilder After talking 4.5 hour with him about the options we left the shop with a complete new solution as he had a better solution for our demands as we had ask for.😂 We never expected so much options and you can be really glad that you have them in...
  15. PHOENIX-GER

    CUCV Markings in Army Service in Germany in the late 80s

    It would be a great help and i am sure there are a lot of who would be interested on your @BKubu feel free to share pictures here
  16. PHOENIX-GER

    CUCV Markings in Army Service in Germany in the late 80s

    We are looking exactly for a unit which use the M1008 in the service timeline of our CUCV 1985-1996 in Germany or anywhere else. Important for us is just that we want use an unit which had use the CUCV. Your unit is the first i know which have this point. Do you have this unit marking also on...
  17. PHOENIX-GER

    CUCV Markings in Army Service in Germany in the late 80s

    yes thats what we will do Before the talk here i didnt know to figure out anything of that units thanks for share you research information
  18. PHOENIX-GER

    CUCV Markings in Army Service in Germany in the late 80s

    Thanks a lot In my area is/was the british zone. If there was ever a US Unit stationed should i be able to figure out. The most US was in South of Germany - i am located in the North/West near the border to NL but how funny is that - 10 km of me should be an US Base in Dülmen? They must hide...
  19. PHOENIX-GER

    CUCV Markings in Army Service in Germany in the late 80s

    i know about olive-drab.com Unfortunately a lot of links are blocked in germany for example: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /od_mvg_vehicle_id_ltrucks.php on this server. Apache Server at olive-drab.com Port 80 Nevertheless who can access will...
  20. PHOENIX-GER

    CUCV Markings in Army Service in Germany in the late 80s

    :unsure: did they use a cucv in their unit? It is not necessary to choose Marines, it should be just a unit which also use the CUCV and was stationed in Germany on the Military-database.de does i found only one CUCV M1010 picture but i still did not dig in any year between 1983-1986...
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